I think any public figure of that size would have gotten the similar backlash (unless they were already a known conservative, then it's just another day ending in y). I think the unusual thing about JK is that the backlash against can very clearly be characterised as male aggression (cf. female aggression), and has a lot in common with the sort of violence men perpetrate against women (as opposed to the violence women perpetrate against men). I don't know any women who have sent each other or even to men death or rape threats or who have sexually harassed people. I know that men will do this.

I used to volunteer in a domestic violence setting (I won't be specific) and there is a difference between male and female aggression the way men and women are violent to each other. I'm not trying to say that women aren't aggressive or violent, I'm trying to say that they're violent /aggressive in ways different to men.